A King of Wessex by this name won the Battle of Tettenhall against the Northumbrians, ending Danish all raids south of the river Humber. That king was the son and successor of Alfred the Great and nicknamed "the Elder". One prince by this name was a son of Edmund Ironside who spent most of his life in Hungary, earning the nickname "the Exile". An English king by this name was unseated by Aethelred the Unready and thus nicknamed "Martyr". Another  English King by this name had a royal court dominated by Earl Godwin and was canonized after his death. For ten points, name this common name for Eng
A King of Wessex by this name won the Battle of Tettenhall against the Northumbrians, ending Danish all raids south of the river Humber. That king was the son and successor of Alfred the Great and nicknamed "the Elder". One prince by this name was a son of Edmund Ironside who spent most of his life in Hungary, earning the nickname "the Exile". An English king by this name was unseated by Aethelred the Unready and thus nicknamed "Martyr". Another  English King by this name had a royal court dominated by Earl Godwin and was canonized after his death. For ten points, name this common name for English kings, such as one nicknamed "the Confessor".
A King of Wessex by this name won the Battle of Tettenhall against the Northumbrians, ending Danish all raids south of the river Humber.
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